boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square233fedilinkarrow-up11.11Karrow-down115cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1external-linkThe world's 280 million electric bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carstheconversation.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square233fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squarenegativeyoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoYou can also do you, but you kind of lose any sort of moral high ground in this argument by insisting that others solve the problem for you when you can’t even do the bare fucking minimum
minus-squarecomputerscientistI@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo… I go to work by e-bike 8 out of 12 months. Whenever I take my car, I take my BEV (MG4) that I charge with electricity from renewable sources. And you? What do you actually do for the environment?
minus-squarenegativeyoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIf you want to play the upstreaming game, where did the rare earth metals in your electric car come from? Electric cars are here to save the car industry, not the environment.
You can also do you, but you kind of lose any sort of moral high ground in this argument by insisting that others solve the problem for you when you can’t even do the bare fucking minimum
So… I go to work by e-bike 8 out of 12 months. Whenever I take my car, I take my BEV (MG4) that I charge with electricity from renewable sources.
And you? What do you actually do for the environment?
If you want to play the upstreaming game, where did the rare earth metals in your electric car come from?
Electric cars are here to save the car industry, not the environment.